Teddy
[ˈtɛdi]
The verdict
“Teddy” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #11,331 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #11,331
- frequency rank, German
- 5
- letters
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - vor allem als Kuschel- und Schlaftier verwendetes Stofftier für Kinder, dessen Form und Aussehen einem Bären nachgebildet ist
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Teddy |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈtɛdi] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #11,331 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Teddy” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Teddy is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈtɛdi]. Corpus data places it at rank #11,331 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Teddy, with forms such as "etddy", "tdedy", and "teddyy". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Terry", "today", "trendy", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Teddy, spelled T-E-D-D-Y.
Definition
- 1vor allem als Kuschel- und Schlaftier verwendetes Stofftier für Kinder, dessen Form und Aussehen einem Bären nachgebildet ist
- 2(vor allem in einer Gruppe Gleichgesinnter auftretender) Jugendlicher, der sich im Aussehen und Lebensstil an die 1950er Jahre orientiert
- 3einem Schaffell ähnelnder Webpelz aus Flausch, Plüsch (mit langem Flor) oder dergleichen, der als Futter vor allem in Winterjacken und -mänteln sowie in Kinder- und Damenmänteln verarbeitet ist
- 4dicker Mantel aus Flausch, Plüsch oder dergleichen
- 5aus einem locker anliegenden Oberteil mit Trägern und angesetzten Höschen bestehende einteilige Damenunterwäsche (die auch als Nachtkleid getragen wird)
- 6dicklicher und weichlicher Mann, der sich leicht ungelenk benimmt
- 7männliche Person
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: etddy,tdedy,teddyy,tedy,tedyd,tteddy
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Teddy - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Teddy”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is T-E-D-D-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈtɛdi] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Terry” - see the side-by-side comparison. Teddy vs Terry
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.